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And we continue with Our American Stories.

And up next, a story from one of our listeners.

And by the way, we love our listener's stories. Send them to Our American Stories. And up next, a story from one of our listeners. And by the way, we love our listener's stories. Send them to Our American Stories.com. They are truly some of our favorites. When there was a break

in the deep freeze that swept across Texas in February of 2021, Kim Hennessey and his wife, Deb,

piled into his Jeep and headed for H.E.B., a beloved grocery store chain for many Texans.

It has almost a cult-like following.

Tim shared his story on his Facebook page, and it immediately went viral.

Tim, who's a big fan of our show, contacted us to see if we'd think our listeners would want to hear it.

And we, of course, said yes.

Here's Tim with the story he and his wife entitled, The Heart of America.

Very quick background, originally from Chicago, and we lived there many years,

and then we moved to, my wife and I dad moved to California in

1993 for an opportunity and it seemed like California was kind of like the heyday for

California things are moving things were pretty good for us there we lived there 23 years

and then three or four years ago my kids decided to move to Houston and they basically

said, you know, we just can't afford to live in California. The best we could do is get an apartment

for $2,500 a month and it was just too expensive and they didn't want to be house poor. So they

moved to

Texas and tore our heart out really honestly and we caught our we found ourselves sitting in

California at home we still have a son who's in California but we found one day we found

ourselves sitting there going what are we doing here we have a grandson in Houston and. And we kind of, you know, we love California,

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